Gail Blanke's Blog – June 2009 Archive (5)

Your Greatest Work is Ahead of You

If ever there were a time to eliminate anything in our lives that weighs us down or holds us back - or just plain depresses us - it's now. I can't say it enough, you can't grow if you don't let go... And most of you know that my aim for you in writing Throw Out Fifty Things is not for you to live a tidy, well organized life - but for you to be free. Free of the past so you can create a future that thrills you.

Sometimes all our stuff has to be ripped away from us for us… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on June 30, 2009 at 11:52am — 1 Comment

The Power of Passion

It's all about passion. I've always believed that very little good happens without passion - passion for the job, passion for the end result, passion for the possiblity. It's true in a country, a company or a life. It's true whether you're an entertainer, a politician, a baseball player or a small business owner. Passion drives profits; passion works miracles. So I've been thinking that in spite of these very tough times, we've got to get back in touch with what we're really passionate about -… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on June 19, 2009 at 11:53am — No Comments

SHOPPING IN MY CLOSET...

If you'd told me that I didn't NEED any new clothes for the summer ( I knew I wasn't going to BUY any, but I was sure I NEEDED them...) I wouldn't have believed you - until I followed the advice of most of the current women's magazines and went "shopping in my closet." I'm not kidding. I decided I'd look at all my stuff as if I'd never seen any of it before - shoes, belts, skirts, pants, T-shirts, jackets - and see what kinds of new outfits I could invent. I'd really never done that before.… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on June 16, 2009 at 3:30pm — 3 Comments

Ya Gotta Do the Laps

When I was jogging around the reservoire in Central Park this morning (not a nice day; rainy, windy, thunder, really crummy...) it occurred to me that we can get other people to do a lot of things for us - color our hair, do our nails, massage our aching bodies - but no one can do our workouts for us. We have to do it. There's just no getting around it. When I was in my teens, I was a competitive swimmer and had to swim at least a hundred laps a day, just to warm up. There were many times when… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on June 9, 2009 at 4:49pm — No Comments

Great Phone Coaching Session with Our "Best Picture" Contest Winner

Sarah Bates and I had terrfic time together earlier today. She's terrific. She's definitely on a roll throwing stuff out - and has moved into the mental/emotional junk, too. She says she "wasn't born organized" - welcome to the club, right? But I reminded her that throwing stuff out isn't about being organized, it's about being free... She says even her boyfriend and her dog, Lola, are feeling perkier! Sarah was laid off and is looking for a job (welcome to the club again, right?) so we had a… Continue

Added by Gail Blanke on June 2, 2009 at 4:45pm — 1 Comment